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Minoan kingship and the solar goddess : a Near Eastern koine

by: Marinatos, N.

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Category: Mythology / Ancient Religion
Code: 28558
ISBN-13: 9780252079672 / 978-0-252-07967-2
ISBN-10: 0252079671 / 0-252-07967-1
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 2010
Publication Place: Urbana
Binding: Paper
Pages: 263
Book Condition: New
Comments: x, 263 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. / Introduction --The king and queen in art --The king and queen as high priests --Thrones of gods--thrones of kings --The house of God --Who sees the gods face to face? --Minoan prophecy and royal power --

Ancient Minoan culture has been typically viewed as an ancestor of classical Greek civilization, but this book shows that Minoan Crete was on the periphery of a powerfully dynamic cultural interchange with its neighbors. Rather than viewing Crete as the autochthonous ancestor of Greece's glory, Nanno Marinatos considers ancient Crete in the context of its powerful competitors to the east and south.

Analyzing the symbols of the Minoan theocratic system and their similarities to those of Syria, Anatolia, and Egypt, Marinatos unlocks many Minoan visual riddles and establishes what she calls a "cultural koine," or standard set of cultural assumptions, that circulated throughout the Near East and the eastern Mediterranean at the time Minoan civilization reached its peak. With more than one hundred and fifty illustrations, Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess delivers a comprehensive reading of Minoan art as a system of thought.

 

Contents:
Introduction
The king and queen in art
The king and queen as high priests
Thrones of gods
thrones of kings
The house of God
Who sees the gods face to face?
Minoan prophecy and royal power
The cosmic mountain as a frontier
The double axe, the ankh, and the ox head
The rosette, half-rosette, and "incurved altar"
Minoan afterlife beliefs
The solar goddess of kingship
The storm god
Translating the gods of the religious koine
Conclusions : a tribute to Sir Arthur Evans

 
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Minoan kingship and the solar goddess : a Near Eastern koine

by: Marinatos, N.

  • ISBN-13: 9780252079672 / 978-0-252-07967-2
  • ISBN-03: 0252079671 / 0-252-07967-1
  • University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2010

Price: 35,00 EURO

1 copy in stock